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What are YOU proud of?
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:50 pm
by The_Dude
I'm proud to call this man a relative.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Clinton_Fleek
Fleek joined the Army from Cincinnati, Ohio, and by May 27, 1969 was serving as a sergeant in Company C, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. During a firefight on that day, in Binh Duong Province, Republic of Vietnam, Fleek smothered the blast of an enemy-thrown hand grenade with his body, sacrificing his life to protect those around him.
Fleek, aged 21 at his death, was buried at Petersburg Cemetery in his birth city of Petersburg, Kentucky.
Sergeant Fleek's official Medal of Honor citation reads:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Sgt. Fleek distinguished himself while serving as a squad leader in Company C, during an ambush operation. Sgt. Fleek's unit was deployed in ambush locations when a large enemy force approached the position. Suddenly, the leading enemy element, sensing the ambush, halted and started to withdraw. Reacting instantly, Sgt. Fleek opened fire and directed the effective fire of his men upon the numerically superior enemy force. During the fierce battle that followed, an enemy soldier threw a grenade into the squad position. Realizing that his men had not seen the grenade, Sgt. Fleek, although in a position to seek cover, shouted a warning to his comrades and threw himself onto the grenade, absorbing its blast. His gallant action undoubtedly saved the lives or prevented the injury of at least 8 of his fellow soldiers. Sgt. Fleek's gallantry and willing self-sacrifice were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit on himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:11 pm
by bassjones
You should be proud.
My Great, Great Grandfather's farm in Northern Michigan was one of the hiding places for the Underground Railroad. They only used it a few times, and it's not on the registry, but I can remember my Great Grandfather (his son) speaking of it with great pride when I was a little kid.
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:25 pm
by Krieves
My Great-great-great-great- grandfather was a Revolutionary War veteran.
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:53 pm
by HillgrassBluebillyFTW
i can pee without getting piss on the seat.
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:06 pm
by Steel String Bender
Yes, but only because you're biologically required to sit down in order to do it.
anderson wrote:i can pee without getting piss on the seat.
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:11 pm
by The_Dude
Steel String Bender wrote:Yes, but only because you're biologically required to sit down in order to do it.
anderson wrote:i can pee without getting piss on the seat.
Sitting down makes no difference. I work in an office full of women. Trust me.
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:24 pm
by deek
My dad was hospitalized while serving in the US Army during the Vietnam War. A few buddies and he hopped into a helicopter and hovered airborne. My dad forgot they were off the ground and exited the helicopter, falling 20 or so feet, injuring his lower back. There were claims that alcohol was involved.
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:01 pm
by MrSpall
What am I proud of?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spallanzani
The family shortened it when they came to America.
Performed the first artificial insemination, discovered the reason stones skipped across a lake, first had the idea for pasteurization.
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:37 pm
by G Fresh
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:47 pm
by G Fresh
Also, this song...
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It's not necessarily one of my favorites that I've written per se, but the author upon whose book it was based,
Paulo Coelho, saw the video on youtube, really liked it and contacted me through his niece's Myspace account asking my permission to post a link to it from his website. Of course, I said yes. That was pretty darn cool.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:00 am
by Silencio
I'm proud of my family.
My wife is the manager of the Northeast Indiana Radio Reading Service (an employee of the ACPL), a special radio station that reads current print materials to the vision impaired. When she took over, NIERRS was nearly on its last legs, but she has revitalized it, bringing it into the digital age, creating new, more vital programming, increasing listenership, finding new ways of delivering the service to more people with less expense.
Having moved to Frisco just over a year ago, older son Aiden has become a sought-after user experience consultant, re-designing the way websites work for a long list of dot-com's and web start-ups. He's currently contracting at ad agency McCann Worldwide, where he is lead designer on the Microsoft web team (and where his presentation to Redmond on Monday was a huge home run).
Younger son Noah, who did his first professional work as a 3-D animator while still in high school (some stuff that ended up on a Discovery Channel show), has worked at Pixar and Electronic Arts before signing on as the youngest senior animator at LucasArts. He has spent the past few months animating the Darth Vader in-game character and fine-tuning virtually all the cinematics for the upcoming Star Wars game, and is considered the "go-to" animator when something isn't working and needs fixing.
These people are awesome.
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:39 pm
by traumaqueen
it's brag time, is it?
well, i'm proud to be a mom of quite specific choosing.
i got to choose my daughter when she was 5.
some people just have to deal with the cards they were dealt. i got to meet my baby and choose her before i became her mom. and she makes me proud every day. even when she is being a "typical" 12-year-old preteen, she often amazes me with her insight and maturity. i am proud that my efforts to provide stability and instill good foundations are paying off.
i'm proud to be the wife of a man of integrity, values, and immense talent. sometimes it's overwhelming to go about life with someone so forward-thinking and stubborn, but i've discovered that his dream-pursuing mentality is quite beneficial... the man is actually a genius....
i'm also proud that i achieved my "dream career" quite early in life. that i knew what i wanted and went right toward it, and that i am still very satisfied doing it....
i am proud to be the glue that holds all my friends together: the historian, the truth-teller, the nostalgia-freak...i remember the way things happened, as they happened....
and even when things get all muddied up, i'm around to provide a venue for some level of peace and reconciliation, and reconnection- if possible...
another thing that makes me proud is my ability to be diplomatic.
foremost in this category is the realization that the "sexes" are not something to be argued about or fought against. rather, the differences are a thing to be respected and embraced for their contrasts. we all complement the other.
so go today, and love...
and be proud of who you are.
and of your heritage,
-bean
Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:04 pm
by adam atherton
i'm proud to be married to someone like that ^